[UPDATE] 'Macho Man' Savage Died from Heart Disease

St. Petersburg, FL (AP) - A medical examiner says somethingwent wrong with professional wrestler "Macho Man" Randy Savage'sheart before he crashed his car and declared the cause of death asheart disease.

The autopsy released Thursday reveals that 58-year-old RandyPoffo, known professionally as Randy Savage, had an enlarged heartwith severe blocking of his coronary arteries. With only minorinjuries from the crash, the Tampa Bay area medical examinerdetermined the cause of death to be heart disease.

Authorities say Savage was driving in Pinellas County May 20when he lost consciousness and crashed into a tree. He was laterpronounced dead at a hospital.

Toxicology results showed small traces of alcohol andhydrocodone in Poffo's system, but officials say the amountswouldn't have factored into the crash.

The professional wrestler known as Randy"Macho Man" Savage has died in a car crash in Florida.

The Florida Highway Patrol says in a crash report that the58-year-old former wrestler -- whose legal name is Randy Mario Poffo-- was driving a Jeep Wrangler when he lost control in PinellasCounty around 9:25 a.m. The Jeep veered over the raised concretemedian divider, crossed over the eastbound lanes and collidedhead-on with a tree.

Police say he may have suffered a "medical event" before theaccident, but the report did not elaborate, and it said officialswould need to perform an autopsy to know for sure.

The report confirms that the driver was the pro wrestler knownas Randy Savage. A woman in the vehicle suffered minor injuries.

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(CBS) Professional wrestler Macho Man Randy Savage has died. He was 58.

The wrestling legend died in a car accident on Friday in Tampa, Fla.

His brother, Lanny Poffo, told TMZ that Savage suffered a heart attack while driving and lost control of his car.

Florida Highway Patrol said that the wrestler's 2009 Jeep Wrangler veered across a concrete median, through oncoming traffic and "collided head-on with a tree."

The wrestler was transported to Largo Medical Center, where he died from his injuries, according to the report.

Savage's wife, Lynn, was a passenger in the car during the accident but survived with minor injuries and was taken to a different local hospital for treatment, TMZ reports. Officials told the website that both were wearing their seatbelts.

The couple celebrated their one-year anniversary earlier this month.

Savage, whose real name was Randy Poffo, began his career with the World Wrestling Federation in 1985. Outside the ring, he was well known for being a spokesman for Slim Jim in the mid-to-late '90s.

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